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The crop that significantly changed the British West Indies was sugarcane. Its cultivation led to the establishment of large plantations, which became a cornerstone of the region's economy. The demand for sugar in Europe fueled the transatlantic slave trade, as enslaved Africans were brought to work on these plantations, profoundly impacting the social and economic landscape of the islands. This shift towards sugar production ultimately transformed the British West Indies into a lucrative colonial enterprise.
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The switch to sugar as the primary crop in the West Indies led to?
More use of African slaves.
What was the product grown in the west indies?
Sugar is one of the important cash crops in the Caribbean. Citrus crops including grapefruits and oranges as well as bananas are grown in the Caribbean.
Rice is cash crop of which state of India?
West Bengal
Is tomato a rabi crop or kharif crop?
it is rabi crop
What is rajma a kharif crop or rabi crop?
Rajma is a Kharif crop.
Which crop changed the British West Indies from a society of independent small landowners utilizing white servant labor to a society of large plantation owners utilizing black slave labor?
sugar
The switch to sugar as the primary crop in the West Indies led to?
More use of African slaves.
Why did sugar became the chief crop of the west indies in the second half of the seventh century?
Sugar became the chief crop of the west indies in the second half of the seventh century because of the dramatic fall of tobacco, which was the main crop of the seventeenth century. The stiff competition of the Virginian tobacco created the downfall of the West Indian Tobacco.
What was the south's most profitable crop in the first half of the 1800's?
Sugar became the most profitable cash crop in the Americas in the 1600s. It was grown in the American South and in the West Indies.
Which plantation crop was the driving force behind the slave trade that flourished between Africa and the West Indies beginning in the 16th century?
Sugar and tobacco
Why was tobacco called poor man's crop and sugar a rich man's crop?
tobacco was called a poor man's crop because it did not require as many workers to harvest it per acre. sugar, however, was known as a rich-man's crop because it required three times as many workers per acre to raise cane, which greatly increased the demand for labor, turning the British West Indies into a predominantly slave society by 1670.
Who in the Virginia colony discovered the crop that saved Virginia?
John Rolfe brought some tobacco seeds from the west Indies to Jamestown that's right i' a social studies teacher
What was the product grown in the west indies?
Sugar is one of the important cash crops in the Caribbean. Citrus crops including grapefruits and oranges as well as bananas are grown in the Caribbean.
Is apple butter a crop in West Virginia?
Apple butter is not a crop it is made from apples which are a West Virginia crop.
When was British Crop Production Council created?
British Crop Production Council was created in 1967.
What is the major economic activity in coastal west Africa and what crop are produced?
Just for reference... wheat farming these can be changed though so idk if they are right
What is west viriginia's most known crop?
Virginia's most know and valuable crop is Tabacoo:)
